re: #381 Targetpractice

In fact, Son of Paul was on Meet the Press this morning to declare that he thinks piecemeal funding bills are how it should be, arguing that by doing so, you can debate funding this program or that in more detail. Left unsaid was that such a strategy also allows Rand and his fellow loons pick and choose which department or agency they’ll fund and which they won’t.

It must also be said that Rand Paul was far less confrontational about the debt ceiling, so it is quite possible that Ted Cruz will find himself without support on that matter.

But I also need to need to point out that it is not unconstitutional for the Congress to simply refuse to fund a department whose actions Congress does not like. congress has the power of the purse and its ability to selectively fund the executive branch is one of its primary checks on executive power.